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By FnF Correspondent | PUBLISHED: 23, Aug 2025, 17:19 pm IST | UPDATED: 23, Aug 2025, 17:19 pm IST
The Raniganj Assembly constituency is one of the 243 constituencies in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. It is constituency number 47 of the state Legislative Assembly. The constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Castes. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Janata Dal United (JDU), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Congress are the main parties in the state.The Raniganj Assembly constituency comes under the Araria Lok Sabha constituency. In the last Assembly election in 2020, JDU's Achmit Rishidev won the seat by defeating Avinash Manglam of the RJD. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP candidate Pradeep Kumar Singh won from the Araria Lok Sabha seat with a margin of 20,094 votes by defeating Shahnawaz of the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar is being implemented in accordance with the Election Commission of India's order before the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025. The objective of an intensified revision is to ensure that the names of all eligible citizens are included in the Electoral Roll (ER) so as to enable them to exercise their franchise. The last intensive revision in Bihar was conducted by the Commission in the year 2003. The Raghopur Assembly constituency is a part of the Vaishali district.
Dalits form a sizeable portion of the population, alongside Other Backward Classes such as Yadavs, Kushwahas and Maharajans, with Muslims also present in significant numbers. The seat has historically swung between JD(U), BJP and RJD over the years, with outcomes often influenced by Dalit sentiment, OBC mobilisation and the strength of alliances.
As per data from the Election Commission, there were 3,36,020 voters in the Raniganj constituency during the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections. Out of this, 1,74,590 voters were male and 1,61,414 were female. There were 486 postal votes (153 valid) in the constituency. The number of service voters in Raniganj was 84 (all men) in 2020.
In 2015, the total number of voters in the Raniganj Assembly constituency was 2,83,545. Out of this, 1,49,466 voters were male and 1,34,063 were female. There were 775 (595 valid) postal votes in the constituency. The number of service voters in Raniganj was 41 (28 men and 13 women) in 2015.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) is expected to announce the poll date for the Raniganj constituency along with the schedule for the Bihar Assembly Election soon.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) will announce the result date along with the schedule for the Bihar Assembly Election soon.
All political parties are waiting for the official schedule of the Bihar Assembly Election and haven't declared their candidates yet.
In the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections, JDU's Achmit Rishidev won the Raniganj seat by a margin of 2,304 votes. He received 81,901 votes with a vote share of 44.01%. He defeated RJD candidate Avinash Manglam, who got 79,597 votes (42.90%). NOTA was at third position with 5,577 votes (3%). The total number of valid votes polled was 1,80,063.
In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, JDU candidate Achmit Rishidev won the seat by a margin of 14,930 votes. He received 77,717 votes with a vote share of 48.15%. He defeated BJP candidate Ramji Das Rishidev, who got 62,787 votes (38.09%). NOTA was at third position with 6,351 votes (3.93%). The total number of valid votes polled was 1,55,051.
Raniganj legislative assembly constituency had a total of 3,36,020 electors in 2020. The total number of valid votes polled in the constituency was 1,80,063 or 55.35 per cent. In 2015, the constituency had a total of 2,83,545 electors. The total number of valid votes polled in the constituency was 1,55,051 or 56.98 per cent.
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